There is no need to gain the favor of salt merchants, Feng Ziying does not need this, at least for now, and prestige is not established in this way.

Fearing authority and not virtue is not only Yidi, but also businessmen, if they blindly show favor and woo, or even promise benefits, Feng Ziying believes that she can also get what she wants from these salt merchants, but this is not the best strategy, or even the worst means.

Seeing Feng Ziying shaking her head slightly, Wang Wenyan's heart was also slightly cold.

Although she verbally said that she recommended this strategy the most, in fact, Wang Wenyan didn't agree with this method, but she didn't want to leave the impression of being too harsh and scheming in front of Feng Ziying, so she said such a sentence against her will.

"Your Excellency?"

"Wenyan, is there only one of these two strategies? It shouldn't be that way. Feng Ziying's eyes were deep, like a sharp sword, almost cutting through the depths of Wang Wenyan's heart and revealing it to the outside, "If you are worried about anything, you don't have to, after being in contact for so long, you should understand my temperament." ”

Wang Wenyan's body was cold, but his face was hot, and he got up and saluted, "Wenyan is narrow-minded." ”

Feng Ziying waved her hand, "Wenyan, in the future, we will have time to understand each other, I said, I am a person who talks about both deeds and hearts, the key is what things, small things are about the heart, and big things are both about deeds and hearts, but there is no need to be rigid ,......"

"Well, Wenyan still has a strategy, then the soldiers will be the first to salute, the grace and the power are combined, first use the fierce fire, then use the slow medicine, and help the cowardly ,......"

Hearing Wang Wenyan say slowly, Feng Ziying smiled at the corner of her mouth.

This is the demeanor of the Donglin Party's think tank, the first two strategies, one is too strong and ruthless, it will definitely encounter a fierce backlash, and it is not conducive to their follow-up arrangements, and the second policy is too stable and generous, which is also not conducive to their own prestige.

At this time, what he said was in line with his inner thoughts and intentions, and Feng Ziying could also be sure that although he was comparing the other party, Wang Wenyan was also thinking about himself, it was normal for the monarch to choose the minister, and the minister to choose the monarch.

Of course, it doesn't have to be broken, trust is built step by step in such things.

"......, Wenyan, this strategy is very much in line with me, but I have to work hard for you in the early stage, I have to play a trick enough, the court is urging tightly, and my classmates are coming, I have to leave them a barely watched scene before returning to Beijing, right?"

"Wenyan understands." Wang Wenyan bowed, but sighed secretly in his heart, this mind is really hard to figure out, but the more he is like this, it also shows that he values himself more and has mixed blessings.

*******

Kwai Garden.

"How?"

The old man grabbed a handful of fish food in his hand, and let the grains slip from the cracks of his fingers, under the verandah, in the pool, dripping down, a tail of red crucian carp clustered together, blue waves and red shadows, it was very beautiful.

"I didn't say much, that Xiao Feng Xiu only said a few words briefly, and later Wang Wenyan made a specific introduction." The middle-aged man standing behind him said cautiously.

"Wang Wenyan? It seems that this Lord Lin is bent on rewarding his son-in-law. The old man's face didn't care too much, "What do you think of what Wang Wenyan said?" ”

"The small one is not well judged, but listening to the meaning of these people around him, it is still similar to donation, nominally it is to pay interest, but the interest is very low, it is said that it is the imperial court sea tax as a guarantee, and it can also be selected by everyone to enter the city to supervise, but the specific operation, but the language is unknown,......, the situation of the silver village is similar, I heard that the Feng family of Prince Zhongshun and Xiao Feng Xiu are all shares, and there are also many clan princes in the court, including the household department will also open an account in the silver village,......"

"Hmph, don't listen to that, the account is empty now, what can I do to open an account?" The old man was disdainful, "It's nothing more than going through the motions, what's the point of saving three or five thousand taels of silver?" ”

"However, Wang Wenyan said that the silver from the sale of Kaihai bonds should be deposited in Haitong Yinzhuang, and the maritime trade concession money agreed upon by the maritime merchants in the early stage should also be deposited in Haitong Yinzhuang." The middle-aged man hesitated, "In addition, the small one also listened to Wang Wenyan to introduce the scope of this silver village, in addition to absorbing merchants to deposit cash through cash and pay interest, it is mainly engaged in lending, but the interest is much lower than ordinary lending, of course, its lending object is also very harsh, and it has to go through several procedures to review ,......"

"Hmph, the news from the imperial court, this is to fool everyone, let everyone buy shares and deposit silver, and then use it for the imperial court to build docks and ships in Denglai and Liaodong, so as to support the supply of Liaodong, such as the imperial court's important affairs, the silver smashed into it is a tiger borrowing a pig - there is no return,......"

The old man raised his hand contemptuously, threw out all the fish food in his hand, and raised it one after another, causing the red carp in the pool to swarm and compete.

"Then what do you mean ......"

"Wait a minute, take a look, I don't think too many people will be interested, it's really not good, what kind of bond to buy thirty or fifty thousand taels, the right to be a congratulatory gift, as for Yinzhuang, thank you for not ,...... min" clapped his hands, and the old man suddenly asked: "In addition to me not going, how many other masters did not go?" ”

"The Tan family and the Gui family both didn't go because they were sick."

A smile appeared on the old man's face, "Next time, if this Xiao Feng Xiu invites me again, I will go there, and I always need to save some face for the imperial court." ”

"Master, it's just that I think there are still a few families with different attitudes, and they seem to be a little interested,......"

"Hmph, it's just that Lin Ruhai exerted some pressure, there are always some people who miss the old feelings and give him some face, but our Gao family doesn't have to." A feminine smile appeared on the old man's face, "I heard that the imperial court is not very satisfied with Lin Ruhai who is now bedridden and unable to take care of things, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will also send someone to inspect, and maybe Master Tao will temporarily take charge of the ,......."

"Huh?" The middle-aged man was pleasantly surprised, "Then dare to be kind, our Gao family will ......"

"Don't mention this matter for the time being, it is estimated that the Emperor Taishang is still discussing a new history of salt patrol with the emperor, and it can't be decided for the time being, but as soon as Lin Ruhai dies, there must be a result, well, it is estimated that it will be the last one." The old man sighed softly, "Our Gao family has to deal with all kinds of hands and tails in this last term,......"

"Then ...... Zhen family," the middle-aged man couldn't help but ask again.

The look of disgust on the old man's face flickered, but then he regained his composure, "Ignore him for the time being." ”

*******

To everyone's surprise, Xiao Feng Xiu summoned a meeting with a dry salt merchant and made a recommendation, and then there was no other action.

Except for people like Wang Wenyan, Jia Lian, Duan Xigui and Wu Yaoqing, who publicly showed up and were willing to meet a businessman, Feng Ziying couldn't see anyone anymore.

The matter of opening the sea bonds involves the supervision of the municipal shipping department and the payment of the annual sea tax revenue, and it is not the turn of Jia Lian and Duan Xigui to intervene, at most they can recommend a "technical talent" to several municipal shipping companies.

After seeing the several people brought by Duan Xigui who were counting and keeping accounts, especially the convenience and clear effect brought by the new bookkeeping method, Lin Ruhai also took the initiative to ask for two people, preparing to be included in the Yamen of the Salt Envoy as officials.

"Feng Zhu has seen uncle."

"Duan Peng has seen the uncle."

Duan Xigui stood aside, looking at his two "proud protégés" kneeling on the ground with a complicated expression, and he felt infinite emotion in his heart.

Lin Ruhai opened his mouth to ask for these two people, on the one hand, these two people are indeed quite talented in arithmetic and bookkeeping, and on the other hand, they naturally have a little bit of Feng Ziying's face.

But it was a feat that changed the fate of these two men.

Two poor boys who have hardly studied formally in the school, and a poor boy who didn't even have clean clothes before entering the school, after their own efforts, now have the opportunity to become a clerk.

Perhaps in the eyes of scholars, the clerk is an inconspicuous existence, but for poor people like them, who may only be able to work in the countryside of Datong or Linqing for the rest of their lives, this kind of transformation is like a leap from the dragon gate.

The Yamen of the Salt Transit Division involves the sending and receiving of salt and the salt section, which is quite complicated in itself, and also involves the reconciliation and accounting with the two Huai salt farms and the three sub-divisions below, which is a great workload.

How to establish a clear and traceable accounting mechanism that can be compared horizontally and vertically has always been the biggest problem for the Yamen of the Metropolitan Salt Envoy, which relies on people to check and supervise, and every year all kinds of accounts alone can make you exhausted.

Even if you know that some people are doing ghosts inside, if you can't accurately determine at that time and in which area there is a problem, it is almost impossible to rely purely on people to verify, so this is the most headache in every such yamen.

Unless it is an internal ghost and there are external clues to report, no one can easily make up their minds to check and check the accounts, which is too much to say, and once it is not verified, it will also hurt morale.

But now the new double-entry bookkeeping method greatly reduces the workload, not to mention, and also greatly facilitates the difficulty of this kind of access to reconciliation, even if it is a layman, as long as you are a little familiar with this technique, then you can understand how to check the accounts, if it is an insider, this efficiency is greatly improved.

This means that the risk of fraud is greatly increased.

The two of them knelt on the bluestone slab and kowtowed three times in a row, which showed their sincerity, and Feng Ziying did not stop it, he knew that this was the other party using this way to express gratitude, and he had to accept it.

Both boys' eyes were red, and it was obvious that the excitement and gratitude in their hearts after learning of such an opportunity could not be suppressed.

They originally thought that they could find a big businessman like Feng Runxiang to get a stable job, even if they were temporarily called to help in the Yamen of the Salt Envoy Division, they never had the luxury of staying in this yamen to eat a bowl of rice, but now this kind of thing has happened, and they even have to give the status of an official.

Even if they don't know anything, they understand what such an opportunity means to poor boys like them, and their fate will be completely changed, and they will become human beings and glorify their ancestors.

It can even be said that even if they really don't work in the Yamen of the Salt Envoy here in the future, when they go out of the door, there will be countless people who will hire them with high salaries.

Without him, just by virtue of this qualification.

The officials who came out of the Yamen of the Ministry of Finance or the Central Bank in later generations, just like the technical cadres who came out of the Ministry of Finance or the Central Bank in later generations, which large enterprise is not thirsty for talent?

All these changes originated from this noble person in front of him.